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Book SynopsisA special section on adolescent substance abuse highlights Volume 29 of
Adolescent Psychiatry. Contributions range from an examination of brain myelination in relation to onset of addictive disorders (Bartzokis) to the screening instruments used to detect substance use disorders (Rosner) to practical aspects of psychiatric assessment and management of substance abusing adolescents (Havivi). Topical studies focus on the changing patterns of use and health risks of the designer drug Ecstasy (Grob); the club drugs gamma-hydroxybutyrate and ketamine (Miotto et al.); and adolescent pathological gambling, a behavioral disorder with strikingly addictive features. Taken together, these illuminating essays converge in an appreciation of adolescent substance abuse and
addiction in all their biopsychosocial complexity.
Elsewhere in Volume 29, contributors review neuroimaging studies in an effort to shed light on adolescent psychiatric disorders (Day et al
Table of ContentsPart I: Special Section on Adolescent Substance Use and Addiction.Rosner, The Scourge of Addiction: What the Adolescent Psychiatrist Needs to Know. Havivi, Substance Abuse in Teens: A Clinical Approach to Assessment and Treatment. Bartzokis, Brain Myelination in Prevalent Neuropsychiatric Developmental Disorders: Primary and Comorbid Addiction. Grob, The Enigma of Ecstasy: Implications for Youth and Society. Fong, Pathological Gambling in Adolescents: No Longer Child's Play. Miotto, Davoodi, & Maya, Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and Ketamine: Effects and Treatment of Toxicity. Part II: Development, Psychopathology, and Psychotherapy.Day, Chiu, & Hendren, Structure and Function of the Adolescent Brain: Findings from Neuroimaging Studies. Becker, Grilo, Validation Studies of the Borderline Personality Disorder Construct in Adolescents: Implications for Theory and Practice. Paris, Diagnosing Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescence. Petti, Blitsch, Blix, & Sims, Deliberate Foreign Body Ingestion in Hospitalized Youth: A Case Series and Overview. Milrod, Busch, Shapiro, Leon, & Aronson, A Pilot Study of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy in 18- to 21-Year-Old Patients with Panic Disorder. Shen, Chiu, Lim, Cross-Cultural Issues in Therapy with an Asian American Adolescent.
